<p>The crazy punk who killed all those children in Connecticut used guns that were purchased by his mother, legally.</p><p>To use the dead children as props for gun legislation is wrong. </p><p>There is no doubt that weapons in the hands of criminals and terrorists are most likely illegally acquired.</p><p>Penalties for those who sell these weapons to killers should be severely imposed.</p><p>The ATF needs to enforce the gun laws that are already on the books.</p><p>As the president knows, guns in schools keep guns out of schools: His children are the best protected children in the world, and they are protected by guards with guns that include automatic weapons.</p><p>Putting guns in the schools is the right thing to do.</p><p>Making mental-health resources available to parents and caregivers can make a difference in keeping their sick children in good hands and away from guns.</p><p>We do not allow children under 18 to smoke legal cigarettes, we should not allow children to shoot guns until they are 21 years of age. </p><p>Violent crime in America is down except in cities like Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles and other like cities.</p><p>Why? Drugs and the drug trade. The DEA needs to increase its efforts to curve drug trafficking on the streets of America. </p><p>Yes, there are ways to prevent the killing of children in our schools and adults on the street.</p><p>But politicizing gun sales and use of them is not the answer, and it is wrong.</p><p>Louis Ginesi Dominguez</p><p>Warrenton, Va.</p>